26th CEMS Colloquium

Speaker

Prof. Yoichi Ando (Osaka University)

Date

17:30 - 18:30, March 18, 2015 (Wednesday)

Venue

Okochi-Hall, RIKEN

Title

Topological Insulators and Superconductors

Abstract

Topological insulators and superconductors are new quantum states of matter that are characterized by nontrivial topological structures of the Hilbert space. Recently, they attract a lot of attention because of the appearance of exotic quasiparticles such as spin-helical Dirac fermions or Majorana fermions on their surfaces, which hold promise for various novel applications. In this colloquium, I will introduce the basics of those materials and present some of the breakthroughs we have made in this new materials frontier.